In case nobody told you, it is inadvisable to drink while blogging. You might end up offending family, friends or a loved one. This is my little contribution to the din of blogdom. I promise nothing. But it will soon be obvious as you read that I am the most intillegint person ever. Just remember, DON'T DRINK AND BLOG!

Sunday, January 9, 2011

Monday, January 3, 2011

Over the years, I've managed to ring in the new year in a number of different ways. Chatting with Brenda Love. In Church. Givin' the ole pickle tickle. Lost on a road somewhere... You get the idea.

Last year we visited the Sweet Girl's myriad cousins somewhere in LA and rang in the new year eating sushi from some world renown sushi chef (they flew this guy down to make sushi all night long), singing Karoke and pounding really really good tequila. So this year we ended up back in LA for the new year and I figured we'd be doing pretty much the same thing. I couldn't have been more wrong.

Apparently all the Karoke singing, tequila pounding cousins were out of town. So we got to the entertain "The Grannies(TM)". The Grannies (TM) weren't allowed to travel, or they banded together and thwarted the travel bug in order to entertain us. Mostly I should say, entertain me.

If you don't know by now, I'm with a Vietnamese girl. Her family is, no surprise, Vietnamese as well. And these people are amazing. Family is incredibly important, honor and humor and camaraderie equally as well. And the Grandmother and Grandfather among them are treated like royalty. So it was some sort of badge of respect that I, "random white guy" was able to participate in the activities.

We took them out shopping, got more food than would fit in the trunk of the DTS (seriously, it spilled over to the backseat). The Grannies giggled like little girls because I was opening the doors for them, helping them carry the five hundred pounds of food and generally being a gentleman. I still can't speak very much Vietnamese but I got the gist that they thought I was adorable which, of course, I am.

The girl third to the right is my Sweet Girl. She is NOT a Grannie. She is, however, at least as cute as the all the Grannies combined.

About Me

Have you ever seen a car you want drive by, and when the person gets out of the car, you feel a little resentment? Or you saw this beautiful woman in a restaurant sitting alone and then her husband sits down with her and you hate the guy for having the girl? Why is it acceptable to feel resentment towards those who have nice or attractive things and people in their lives?
In Huna Philosophy (Hawaiian spiritualism), it is understood that when you see something you want, bless it and bless that person who has it. If it is that new car you desire, bless that car and bless the person driving it. If it is the beautiful woman you want, bless her beauty and bless the man beside her. By doing this, you attract these things into your life. The more jealousy and resentment you have toward the things you desire, the less likely it is that you will have those things.